Loki Software
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Loki Software, Inc. (sometimes also called as Loki Games or Loki Entertainment Software) was a software firm at Tustin, California, United States, that ported several computer games from Microsoft Windows to Linux.
Loki Software was founded in August 1998 by Scott Draeker and stopped in January 2002.
The titles published by Loki Software are:
- Civilization: Call To Power
- Descent 3
- Eric's Ultimate Solitaire
- Heavy Gear II
- Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.²
- Heroes of Might and Magic III
- Heretic II
- Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
- Myth II: Soulblighter
- Postal Plus
- Railroad Tycoon II Gold Edition
- Quake III Arena
- Rune: Halls of Valhalla
- Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack
- Sim City 3000: Unlimited/World Edition
- Soldier of Fortune
- Tribes 2
- Unreal Tournament
In addition to the published titles, there is also an unfinished port of Deus Ex. The later update of Deus Ex for Microsoft Windows features the OpenGL driver for the Unreal engine from Loki Software's Linux port.
Loki Software also developed several free tools, such as LokiInstaller (or LokiSetup), and supported the development of the Simple DirectMedia Layer. The book Programming Linux Games (http://www.nostarch.com/frameset.php?startat=plg) (also available online (The Internet Archive) (http://web.archive.org/web/20030210191202/http://www.overcode.net/~overcode/writing/plg/)) by Loki Software and John R. Hall is recognized as one of the prominent tutorials for the Simple DirectMedia Layer.